2 回答2026-08-02 01:12:50
I've heard some purists complain about the trade dress—the banners and logos on the Epic Collection covers. They think it clutters the classic cover art. I don't mind it. It clearly marks them as part of a series, and the original cover art is still the focal point. It's a small compromise for having these collected in a uniform, easy-to-identify format.
Besides, you can always take the dust jacket off if it really bothers you. The underlying cover usually has a clean version of the art.
5 回答2026-08-02 05:05:43
Look at it like this: the Epic Collection is a republishing of Star Wars comic history in timeline order. The timeline starts with the stories published right after A New Hope. Those are in the 'Original Marvel Years' books. So, that's your first stop.
Once you've gone through that entire period, the timeline moves to stories set around The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Those are in the 'The Empire' books. After the fall of the Empire, you get stories of the New Republic, found in 'The New Republic' books. So your reading order is simply the order of these historical periods as presented by the collections. Pick up the first volume of the first period and read forward.
7 回答2026-08-02 20:57:58
Shelf space is a real consideration. An Epic Collection is a standard trade paperback size. You can fit a dozen of them in the space two Omnibus volumes would take. If you have a small apartment or a shared bookshelf, the Epic line is the only realistic way to own a substantial chunk of the classic comics in physical form. Omnibuses demand their own dedicated real estate.
7 回答2026-08-02 04:27:41
The high-level view: After Disney bought Lucasfilm, they reset the canon. Only the movies and 'The Clone Wars' survived. Everything published after April 2014—including all new Marvel comics—is part of the new, unified canon.
So, they fit because they were built from the ground up to fit. Writers get a 'bible' and work with the Lucasfilm Story Group. The 2015-2019 Marvel series filled the gap between Episodes IV and V. The current Marvel series (2020 onward) explores the gap between V and VI. It's a planned narrative expansion.
5 回答2026-08-02 01:29:35
Cool question. Makes me want to reorganize my bookshelf by timeline instead of by release date. I've got them grouped by the series right now, but seeing them laid out from Old Republic to New Republic would be visually stunning. Even if the narrative jumps around, the shelf would tell the whole galactic history at a glance. Brb, spending my weekend doing that.
6 回答2026-08-02 01:25:32
The quality of the Epic Collections is so high that the demand consistently outstrips supply for certain volumes. The restoration work, the chronological order, the bonus material—it’s the definitive way to read these stories. That’s why the question of availability comes up so often.
If these were cheap, throwaway reprints, nobody would care. But because they’re premium products, fans want them on their shelves. Marvel knows this, which is why the line continues. They just haven’t mastered the logistics of keeping a back catalog of 50+ volumes perpetually available. It’s a high-class problem, but a frustrating one for collectors.
6 回答2026-08-02 22:56:23
I kinda zone out when people talk about strict canon. I just read the comics that have cool art. The Greg Land stuff is... a choice, but the Larroca issues with the photorealistic faces are trippy. The connection to the films is just an excuse for artists to play in this iconic visual playground.
Sometimes the artist will directly replicate a film still in a panel, which is a neat Easter egg. Other times, they design new ships, aliens, and planets that still feel authentically 'Star Wars.' The link is as much visual as it is narrative. If it looks and feels like the movies, it connects, regardless of plot details. For me, that aesthetic faithfulness is the real thread.
13 回答2026-01-30 09:49:32
I get a little nerdy about these continuity questions, so here’s how I’d lay it out: Durge — the heavily armored Gen'Dai bounty hunter with near-immortality and a taste for chaos — originally showed up in the Dark Horse comics and the 2003 animated microseries often called 'Clone Wars'. Those stories were absorbed into the big pile of material that became Legends when Lucasfilm reset the canon in 2014.
In plain terms: no, Durge is not part of the current official continuity. He’s a Legends character now, which means his adventures, biology, and backstory live in that alternate continuity unless Lucasfilm decides to bring him back. They’ve done it before (hello, 'Thrawn'), so it’s not impossible. For now, though, if you’re sticking strictly to post-2014 canon — the films, the current animated shows, and the books/comics declared canon — Durge isn’t in that group. I kind of like him as a Legends relic; his concept is wild and I’d cheer if they remade him for modern canon.